Let me get this straight. I have to pass through the Christmas decorations aisle to buy my Thanksgiving turkey. I’m supposed to clean my house like a white tornado and organize a re-enactment of the invasion of Normandy plan, …
Read the full story »
Featured videos, Tech/Social Media »
The Midlife Gals explain it all for you
Play
They live in Hawaii now, but they’re still funny. Check. Them. Out.
Comments
Powered by Facebook Comments
Sisterhood is still powerful. Ooh is it powerful.
by Maggie Cushman
When I picked up my two teenage daughters from school today, I mentioned an article I’d read in the New York Times about a study which found that adolescents who have sisters are less likely to feel “I am unhappy, sad or depressed,” or “I feel like no one loves me.”
Your bones: A user’s manual
We all spend a lot of time worrying about skin and hair as we age, but if you’re over 40, it’s also time to think about those bones. The quality of your next half-life will …
DIY-TV: how to ditch your Dish
Don’t get Mr. Fiftyshift started on the topic of television. For decades we had a 20 foot antenna that kept us in good stead. High in the western Massachusetts hills, we were able to pull …
Time to choose your backyard chickens
By B.J. Roche
We have had a small flock of chickens for several years now, and if I had known that the hobby would become so popular, I would have figured out a way to make …
Elder care and elder rage: Know the warning signs of Alzheimer’s
by Jacqueline Marcell
For 11 years, I pleaded with my stubborn elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother. But after 55 years of marriage, he adamantly insisted on taking care …
Help? I Don’t Need Help…
By Helene J. Powers
Why is it so hard for us to accept help? Or to offer it in a way that is well-received?
Those questions resonated powerfully during a recent Friends Indeedreading and discussion hosted by the Deacons of the First …
Caring for the brain injured
UMass Journalism student Zach Gauvin has a tale to tell. He was injured in a car accident a few years ago, and lay in a coma for several weeks before beginning his long rehabilitation.
He’s now …
The Caregiving Conundrum
By Helene J. Powers
When I started blogging about caregiving, I had no idea how many more friends, acquaintances and family members would become caregivers, or need care for serious health issues themselves, during the past 12 months.
The number …
Elder care is a family affair
By B.J. Roche
A friend e-mailed me recently that his mother had suffered a bone fracture while putting her pants on, which led to an e-mail exchange joking about our eighty-something moms and the status of …
Check us out on...
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
